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Longitudinal Study of a Cooperation-Driven, Socio-Scientific Issue Intervention on Promoting Students' Critical Thinking and Self-Regulation in Learning Science
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Wang, Hsin-Hui; Chen, Hsiang-Ting; Lin, Huann-shyang; Huang, Yu-Ning; Hong, Zuway-R – International Journal of Science Education, 2017
This longitudinal study explored the effects of a Cooperation-driven Socioscientific Issue (CDSSI) intervention on junior high school students' perceptions of critical thinking (CT) and self-regulation (SR) in Taiwan. Forty-nine grade 7 students were randomly selected as an experimental group (EG) to attend a 3-semester 72-hour intervention; while…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Junior High School Students, Longitudinal Studies, Cooperative Learning
Exploring Teachers' Meta-Strategic Knowledge of Science Argumentation Teaching with the Repertory Grid Technique
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Lin, Yu-Ren; Hung, Cheng-Yu; Hung, Jeng-Fung – International Journal of Science Education, 2017
This study investigated two science teachers' meta-strategic knowledge (MSK) of argumentation teaching by applying the repertory grid technique (RGT). One teacher was a novice, while the other was experienced in teaching argumentation. Using the RGT, we elicited the objectives and strategies of the two teachers regarding their argumentation…
Descriptors: Science Teachers, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Persuasive Discourse, Beginning Teachers
A Science for Citizenship Model: Assessing the Effects of Benefits, Risks, and Trust for Predicting Students' Interest in and Understanding of Science-Related Content
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Jack, Brady Michael; Lee, Ling; Yang, Kuay-Keng; Lin, Huann-shyang – Research in Science Education, 2017
This study showcases the Science for Citizenship Model (SCM) as a new instructional methodology for presenting, to secondary students, science-related technology content related to the use of science in society not taught in the science curriculum, and a new approach for assessing the intercorrelations among three independent variables (benefits,…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Student Interests, Science Interests, Citizenship